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Players (31652)
Managers (1459)
Referees (3522)
Clubs (3556)
Venues (1807)

  • Biggest victory of the Scotland football team
  • Heaviest defeat of the England football team
  • Scotland earned its 5th consecutive victory
  • Scotland's 7th consecutive match without defeat
  • England suffered its 3rd consecutive defeat
  • Harry McNeil set the European goal scoring record (5 goals)
  • European record for most caps: Billy MacKinnon's 8th appearance
  • John McDougall scored his 1st and Scotland's 1st international hat-trick
  • Percy Fairclough is the latest born international footballer of England
  • Scotland vs England Head to Head: Scotland football team's 4th victory in 7 matches

Scotland vs England international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 2 March 1878, 15:30 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
Scotland
7-2
England
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
William Dick, Glasgow /
Scotland
Attendance, venue:
10 000, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals:
1-0 (7') John McDougall, 2-0 (32') John McGregor, 3-0 (39') Harry McNeil, 4-0 (41') John McDougall, 5-0 (46') John McDougall, 6-0 (62') Billy MacKinnon, 6-1 (66') John Wylie, 7-1 (70') Harry McNeil, 7-2 (77') Arthur Cursham
Scotland football team line-up in match Nr.9
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
5
30
Clydesdale FC, Glasgow
1
22
Vale of Leven FC, Alexandria
Tom Vallance   65' injured
3
21
Rangers FC, Glasgow
5
24
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
4
24
3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers FC, Glasgow
2
19
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
3
27
Vale of Leven FC, Alexandria
3
23
Vale of Leven FC, Alexandria
4
24
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
8
26
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
6
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
England football team line-up in match Nr.7
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
1
27
Upton Park FC, London
1
26
Sheffield Heeley FC, Sheffield
1
22
Cambridge University AFC, Cambridge
3
22
Cambridge University AFC, Cambridge
1
20
Clapham Rovers FC, London
3
24
Notts County FC, Nottingham
1
20
Old Foresters FC, London
1
23
Wanderers FC, London
1
24
Wanderers FC, London
5
26
Wanderers FC, London
2
20
The Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Scotland
11
4.000
5
7
0
0
England
11
1.818
23.583
8
2
0
0
Historical data sources
The Glasgow Herald (Glasgow), №11917, 04 Mar 1878; Google Newspapers
The Morning Post (London), №32973, 04 Mar 1878; Newspapers.com
The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent (Sheffield), №5989, 04 Mar 1878; Newspapers.com
The Times (London), №29193, 04 Mar 1878; Newspapers.com
North British Daily Mail (Glasgow), №9671, 04 Mar 1878; Newspapers.com
Comments

tommyrulez - posted on 20 July 2012 at 14:57:52

Thomas Vallance was hurt in the melee that was England’s first goal. He was forced to retire from the match. (link: )

dudd - posted on 27 November 2023 at 21:14:57

Vallance, Thomas, injured off (eye injury) 65th min (link: )
Scotland vs England post-match head-to-head
WP
71.5
P
7
W
4
D
2
L
1
GF
19
GA
10
GF/P
2.714
GA/P
1.429
Av attendance
6 000
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Scotland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Wales vs Scotland 0-2
Wrexham, Monday 5 March 1877
Next match:
Friendly International
Scotland vs Wales 9-0
Glasgow, Saturday 23 March 1878
England national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
England vs Scotland 1-3
Lambeth, Saturday 3 March 1877
Next match:
Friendly International
England vs Wales 2-1
Lambeth, Saturday 18 January 1879
Top Scotland goal scorers
1. Harry McNeil (1875 - 1878) - 5 goals
2. Billy MacKinnon (1876 - 1878) - 3 goals
3. John Ferguson (1876 - 1877) - 3 goals
4. John McDougall (1878) - 3 goals
... John McGregor (1878) - 1 goal
(correct as of March 2, 1878)
Top England goal scorers
1. William Kenyon-Slaney (1873) - 2 goals
... John Wylie (1878) - 1 goal
... Arthur Cursham (1878) - 1 goal
(correct as of March 2, 1878)
Brief match report
Sat. 02 Mar 1878
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Scotland 7-2 England
Goals: McDougall 7, McGregor 32, McNeil 39, McDougall 41, McDougall 46, MacKinnon 62, Wylie 66, McNeil 70, Cursham 77

Scotland: Gardner, McIntyre, Vallance, Campbell (c), Kennedy, Richmond, McGregor, McDougall, Highet, MacKinnon, McNeil. Managed by selection committee.

England: Warner, Hunter, Lyttelton, Jarrett, Bailey, Cursham (c), Fairclough, Wylie, Wace, Heron, Mosforth. Managed by selection committee.

Att: 10 000,
Ref: Dick (Scotland)

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